Wedge for rubber heels



I 1 May 4,1926. 1,583,570 Y. BOOTH WEDGE: FOB RUBBER HEELS Filed August2 5, 192:;

25 Fig. 2, is a view in perspective of the re wise when it is forcedinto the heel, as il- 11925? r 4 L t-5t. a UNITED STATESPATENTQEQFICECLARENCE 'Y. BOOTH, or WILMINGTON, nnnawenn, Assienon rjo ATLANTIC MANU-rac rnnme COMPANY, on wrmvrnveron', DELAWARE, a oonronn'rron or DELA-JwAnE. I r WEDGE nor. nunnnn nn nns. I Application filed'August 23,1923.Serial no. 658,924. To all whom it may concern: the heel with anew one.It has been sug 55 Be it known that I, Cnannnon Y. Boo'rrr, gested thata wedge of rubber or other a citizen of the United States, residing inmaterial be inserted betweenthe rubber heel Wilmington, Delaware, haveinvented, a and the bottom lift-to" force the worn por- 5 edge forRubber Heels, of which the foltion of the rubberfheel down, asillustrated lowing is a specification. r in Fig. 1, in which a'fillerwedge made in 0 r This invention relates to devices adapted accordancewith my invention and indifor insertion between the rubber heel andcated by the reference nuineralb is shown. he adj acent'lift for forcingout the rubber Prior to my invention, iowever, there has "heel above theworn parts and making the been no device of thistype which is capablelower face of the heel substantially flat. of being applied at home bythe layman, and 65 Th bjgt. f th i v ti nis to provide ordinarily it hasbeen necessary, when these a d vi e of this ature'of novel and.addevices havebeenemployed, to liave'theni vantageous construction.inserted by cobblenl I have constructed a Another object of theinventionis to prosimple and efficient devicoof this type which vide means forretaining the device in place. renders them easily applied and self-re-A still further object is to provide means t ained, no special'retainingmeans being refor facilitatingthe operation of forcing the quired. I Ydevice into placebetween the rubber heel and Nith. reference to Figs. 2and 3, I preferthe adjacent heel portion. v ably employ a substantiallywedge-shaped In the attached drawings: pad f rubber,althoughothermaterial Figure 1, is, a fragmentary side view of such as leather maybeeinployedwhere this the heel portion of a shoe showing the manis founddesirable. In order to reinforce the ner in which the device is used;pad andto preventits compression lengthinforcing plate for one'form ofmy device lust-rated iii-Fig.1, l. aihx t0 the pad a rigid prior to theattachment thereto of the pad; reinforcing element, preferably of lightc Fig. 3, is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, metal. One form ofreinforcing element is but showing the resilient pad affixed to theillustrated Fig; '2, which shows a flat 3 reinforcing plate; a arcuateplate 7 of the same outline and sur- Fig. l, is a view in perspective ofa modiface. dimensions as one side of the pad 6. iied form ofreinforcing plate; lhe plate 7 as clearly illustrated, is turned Fig. 5,is a section onthe line 5-5, Fig. over along'that, edge whichcorresponds to 4, but illustrating the pad aifixed to the rethe forwardpointed edge of the wedge 35 inforcing plate, and V shaped pad, and asclearly illustrated in Flg.

Fig. 6, is a view in perspective of a further 3, the forward edge of thepad 6 lies in the modified form of reinforcing plate within back of thisturned over portion 8 of the rethe scope of my invention. inforcingplate, thereby entirely protect- .Vith reference to the drawings, andparing this edge. The pad is preferably vul- O ticularly to Fig. 1, Ihave here illustrated canized to the reinforcing plate 7, but these theheel portion of a shoe, the reference parts may be otherwise securedtogther, by numeral 1 indicating the visible fragment means, forexample, of cement. It will now of the upper, 2 indicating the sole, and3 be apparent-that a pad'reinforced in the the heellifts, usually ofleather, secured to manner described may be easily driven or the bottomone of which'in the usual manforced into place between the rubber heel iner is a rubber heel a. It is common for and the bottom lift 3 of theheel, the reinrubber heels to wear down at the back edge forcing platepreventing compression of the or at the side, as indicated by the dottedpad lengthwise, and the turned over edge 8 lines in Fig. 1, and heels soworn not only protecting the forward or pointed edge of are unsightlybut are uncomfortable to wall: the pad and preventing apossible tendencyupon. Although the main portion of the of the pad to slip away from thereinforcheel may be in good condition, it is ordiing plate. a narilynecessary, when the one small portion 1 further preferably provide theplate 7 at the rear or side becomesworn, to replace with points orelevations 9 which by embedding themselves in the rubber and in theleather of the heel insure retention of the pad in place. The mostdesirable means for forming these projections-I have found to be bypressing out the metal of the plate, as clearly illustrated, and it willbe noted that those sides of the projections which lie towards theforward edge of the wedge slant down to the plate so that each one ofthe projections constitutes in itself a small wedge which while notmaterially interfering with the forward movement of the pad into place,precludes the possibility of the pad moving outwardly.

It may also be desirable to form projections on that side of the plateto which the pad 6 is afhxed, as clearly illustrated, these projectionstending to prevent relative movement or slippage between the pad and theplate while the pad is being forced into place in the heel. In Fig. t, Ihave illustrated a modification in which a reinforcing plate 11 isprovided having at its forward edge extensions l2, 12. This plate may bepressed out of sheet metal, and is provided with a ridge 13 which, asshown in Fig. 5, lies directly in front ofand protects the forward edgeof the pad which, in this instance, is designated by the referencenumeral 14. The plate 11 and the extensions 12 are preferably provided,as in thefplate 7, with the pressed out points or projections 14.

In Fig. 6, l have illustrated a further modification of the reinforcingplate, in which the plate 15 formed with turned over forward edge 16, asin the plate 7, is also provided at the, forward turned over edge with aplurality of apertures 17,v said apertures being formed in the plateprior to the turning over of the edge 16 and assisting in the turningover operation.

It will be apparent that the device may be applied with facility to theheel by in serting the forward edge at the desired point between therubber heel and the lower lift 3 and exerting a pressure or hammeringupon the rear edge of the reinforcing plate. Where rubber or othermaterial of which the pad proper is made is of the same color as therubber heel, the device is practically invisible and does not in any waydestroy the neat appearance of the heel.

It will, of course, be understood that numerous modifications in theform of the reinforcing element are possible with no departure from theessential features of the invention.

I claim:

1. A fi'llingout wedge adapted for insertion between a rubber heel. andthe contiguous lift comprising a substantially wedge-shaped resilientelement having affixed to and overlying one face thereof a rigidreinforcing member by means of which the wedge may be driven into place,and projections on said member adapted to prevent dislodgment of said.element.

2. A filling-out wedge adapted for insertion between a rubber heel andthe contiguous lift comprising a substantially Wedgeshaped rubber padhaving affixed thereto arigid reinforcing member comprising a part lyingalong andin advance of the entering edge of said wedge, and PIYOJGCtlOHSon the member having sides inclined toward the front of the wedge,substantially as described.

OLARENGE Y. BOOTH.

